huipil
Spanish, noun/w̝iˈpil/
huipil is spelled H-U-I-P-I-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish, the 139,655th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Huipil is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “huipil (traditional Mayan blouse)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Blusa o vestido estampado con motivos coloridos, es una prenda tradicional de los pueblos autóctonos del sur…”.
What does huipil mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehuipil (traditional Mayan blouse)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Blusa o vestido estampado con motivos coloridos, es una prenda tradicional de los pueblos autóctonos del sur de Mexico, Guatemala, Belice y El Salvador. 2. Falda empleada por las mujeres de los pueblos autóctonos.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of huipil
- huipiles plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce huipil?
- /w̝iˈpil/
- [w̝iˈpil]
- [wiˈpil]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is huipil in Spanish?
huipil appears about once in every 14 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).